THE LEWIS MUSEUM FAMILY MOURNS THE PASSING OF REV. DR. BOWYER G. FREEMAN The Board and Staff of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum extend our deepest condolences to our executive director Terri Lee Freeman at the passing of her husband, Rev. Dr. Bowyer G. Freeman, Senior Pastor of the New St. Mark Baptist Church. A […]

Update: This event has been postponed. Join the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Baltimore Office of Promotions and Arts during MLK Weekend for an Interfaith Breakfast honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  The guest speaker is Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director- Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Ticket Price: $50.00 […]

How should Black History be taught in 2021? How does the era of Black Lives Matter shape how we teach the past? This virtual educators webinar will serve as part two of the virtual web series entitled, "Changing The Narrative On Black Education: Uncovering The Past To Better Serve Our Students." This webinar will cover […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daYfFCi07t0 **This virtual program will premier at Noon and be accessible online here (CLICK MLK Image) or go to our museum's YouTube page  and facebook page for the remainder of the week.** VIRTUAL MLK Day 2022 Presentations: (Watch the entire Youtube MLK Day 2022 Presentation or click on the Timestamps to access  different MLK segments after the premier […]

  NOW EXTENDED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11th! Men of Change: Power. Triumph. Truth. profiles the revolutionary men—including Muhammad Ali, James Baldwin, Ta-Nehisi Coates, W.E.B Du Bois, and Kendrick Lamar—whose journeys have altered the history and culture of the country. The achievements of the men are woven within the legacy and traditions of the African American journey—achievements […]

Uncover the history behind EBONY and JET magazine’s media mogul John H. Johnson in a virtual book talk with former Senior Editor, Dr. Margena A. Christian. Through extensive archival research,  Dr. Christian,  who has a personal decade-long employee relationship under the direct tutelage of Johnson, constructs the complex story of what made the founder of […]

To  obtain  the zoom webinar link Click Here. This scheduled event begins at  7:00 PM EST. Join author Clint Smith and historian Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson in a conversation discussing Smith’s New York Times bestseller exploring the legacy of slavery and its imprint on centuries of American history. How the Word Is Passed illustrates how […]

To RSVP Click Here.  To obtain your Goto Webinar link to access this program Click Here.  This virtual webinar  is scheduled at 6:00 PM EST. In a dynamic one-on-one conversation betweeen Derrick Adams and Jerrell Gibbs, the two explore being contemporary African American artists with Baltimore ties, what inspires their work, how they engage with their artistic processes […]

Black Brotha’. Strong Brotha’. Men of Change. 2020 will forever be known as the year the world was introduced to a virus that would change our way of life for years to come.  But it was also the Year of the Woman, as we celebrated the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in this […]

To RSVP Click Here.  To obtain a virtual webinar link to join this program Click Here.  This scheduled event  begins at 7:00 PM EST. Cocktails anyone? Join the Lewis Museum for a spirited conversation about African American influence in the spirit industry. African Americans have historically made significant contributions to the wine, beer, and spirit […]